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.Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Marion County, Florida, for the week of Aug. 24-30, 2026. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time
of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Marion County restaurant inspection site.
Which Marion County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their Aug. 24-30 inspections and no violations were found.
- American Sunday Plate Catering, 809 N. Magnolia Ave., Ocala
- Conch and More, Mobile food dispensing vehicle**
- Dunkin' Donuts, 8121 SW SR 200, Ocala**
- Fashaws BBQ, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Little Caesars, 11150 N. Williams St., Dunnellon**
- Peppere Joes, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Soruyos, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Taqueria El Jarocho, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- The Taco Trailer, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Waffle House #508, 2065 SW Hwy 484, Ocala
- Zuru Ramen & Boba, 4414 SW College Unit 1460, Ocala**
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Marion County restaurants had high priority violations?
18 South Restaurant and Saloon
20 S. Magnolia Ave., Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 26
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
13 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Establishment is open and serving food to the public with an expired license. License expired 06/01/2026. **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Pan containing raw ground sausage stored on top of pan containing raw bacon inside bottom of refrigerated make-table. An employee moved the raw sausage to the bottom shelf during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Backflow prevention device missing at green hose connection on back of building beside back door of kitchen. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Akita Sushi
8075 SW Hwy 200 Unit 117, Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 28
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
15 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine chlorine 0ppm. No chlorine connected to dish machine. Manager replaced th chlorine and primed the machine, then 50ppm. Inspector instructed the manager to resanitize all dishes that have been sanitized using the dishwasher machine today. **Corrective Action Taken**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Wrapped portions of raw salmon stored on shelf inside reach-in freezer above packages of fully-cooked shrimp. Manager moved the raw salmon to a lower shelf during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Broad Stripes Golf & Social Club
11560 SE 176 Place Rd, Summerfield
Complaint Inspection on Aug. 25
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
12 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. On cook line (drawers) raw pork and beef stored above hotdogs, Manager moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Reach in cooler at the end of the cook line, cut tomatoes dated 8/15/26, cooked shrimp 8/18/26, turkey 8/4/26, ham 8/4/26, chicken salad 8/18/26.
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued. Fish reduced oxygen packaged on premises, or commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish labeled with instructions to remain frozen until time of use, not held frozen. On cook line 8 portions of salmon 43F still sealed in a vacuum seal bag.
China Star
8075 SR 200 Ste C-9, Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 28
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
6 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Cooked chicken cooling inside cardboard boxes on rack in back of kitchen. Manager moved all chicken to clean sheet pans during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Pan containing raw chicken stored in shelf above pan containing fully-cooked pork inside walk-in cooler. Manager moved the pork to another shelf during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Emma's Patisserie at Equestrian Manor
8050 NW 17th Place, Ocala
Complaint Inspection on Aug. 24
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
8 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. One employee in kitchen handled his personal phone with gloved hands, then proceeded to handle plastic wrap and a knife without first washing hands and putting on new gloves. The employee washed hands before returning to handle clean equipment. **Corrective Action Taken**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Four guava and cream cheese danishes stored at front counter and held at room temperature with time marks of 6:27-10:27. They are indicated as being held using Time as a Public Health Control. The time is now 10:40.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control marked with a time that exceeds the 6-hour limit. See stop sale. Four guava and cream cheese danishes stored at front counter and held at room temperature with time marks of 6:27-10:27. They are indicated as being held using Time as a Public Health Control. The time is now 10:40, stop sale issued.
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle containing glass cleaner stored on shelf directly beside single-use pastry boxes below front counter. Manager removed the glass cleaner from the shelf during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Equestrian Manor Banquet/Pastry Kitchens
8050 NW 17 Pl, Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 24
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
6 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Date marked combined ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days of preparing/opening the earliest ready-to-eat time/temperature for safety ingredient. See stop sale. Pan containing two bags of fully-cooked turkey with date marks of 7/30-8/6 and 8/4-8/11. Both items have been removed from their original package.
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. One fly crawling on wall near walk-in cooler.
Golden Corral
2111 SW College Rd, Ocala
Complaint Inspection on Aug. 25
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
24 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched soiled towel then continued to pick up clean dishes without first washing hands.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken stored on cart above raw beef (meatloaf) inside meat walk-in cooler. Manager moved the meatloaf to another shelf during. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Milk 68F on clean dish shelf in ware wash area. Manager stated the milk had not been sitting out very long and voluntarily discarded it during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Degreaser on top of water softener salt bin. Manager moved. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Missing at hose Bibb on wall near dish machine. Missing on hose Bibb at sink in dirty dish area. An employee added backflow prevention devices to both faucets during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Hacienda Colombiana 3
4551 SE Maricamp Rd, Ocala
Complaint Inspection on Aug. 26
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
18 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Male employee touched raw pork then changed gloves and made plate of food without washing hands.
- High Priority - Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Bug crawling on in-use cutting board. Manager killed bug and placed dish in sink to be cleaned. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In reach in freezer in dry storage area, portioned raw beef on shelf over bags of fries. Manager removed beef from freezer and place in reach in make table on bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of cleaner on shelf next to sauce at front counter. Moved during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Hungry Bear Drive In
420 SE Osceola Ave., Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 26
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
9 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. An employee handled raw frozen hamburger meat with bare hand, then put on gloves and handled cut lettuce without first washing hands.
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Establishment is open and serving food to the public with an expired license. License expired 06/01/2026. **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle containing degreaser stored on shelf beside condiment bottles below fryers. Manager removed the chemical from the shelf during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Laki's Restaurant
3405 SW College Rd, Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 24
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
14 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. On cook line, female employee touched with bare hands dessert, also male employee cut tomatoes with bare hands, employee voluntarily discarded and started using gloves. **Corrective Action Taken**
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. On cook line, pooled eggs for chicken breading stored above beef, manager moved and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach in cooler on cook line, ham 47F, cut lettuce 78F. In Walk in cooler, turkey placed near door 47F, manager moved all food to freezer, temperatures dropped to 42F. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Ocala Hilton
3600 SW 36 Ave., Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 27
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
11 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Date marked combined ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days of preparing/opening the earliest ready-to-eat time/temperature for safety ingredient. See stop sale. Reach in cooler on cook line batter made with liquid eggs date marked 8/12/26.
- High Priority - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. For desserts products **Warning**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At the breakfast buffet area, cream cheese 50F, manager voluntarily discarded. **Corrective Action Taken**
O'Malley's Alley
24 S. Magnolia Ave., Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 26
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
8 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Date marked combined ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days of preparing/opening the earliest ready-to-eat time/temperature for safety ingredient. See stop sale. 1. Ziplock bag containing fully-cooked ham with date mark of 8/17 on shelf inside walk-in cooler. 2. Ziplock bag containing fully-cooked hotdogs with date mark of 8/13 on shelf inside walk-in cooler. An employee discarded both items during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Establishment is open and serving food to the public with an expired license. License expired 06/01/2026. **Admin Complaint**
Polo Pony
8050 NW 17 Pl, Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 24
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
13 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Fish not held frozen before, during and after being packaged onsite using a reduced oxygen packaging method. See stop sale. Fully-thawed reduced oxygen bag containing raw salmon on shelf inside walk-in cooler. Manager stated the fish is vacuum sealed while frozen on-site. Stop sale issued.
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. 1. One fly flying in kitchen at cookline. 2. Two flies crawling on wall in kitchen, near dish machine. 3. One fly flying in kitchen, near ice machines.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Box containing raw hamburger meat stored on shelf directly above pan containing raw pork and raw bacon inside walk-in cooler. Manager moved the raw ground beef to a lower shelf during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued. Fish reduced oxygen packaged on premises, or commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish labeled with instructions to remain frozen until time of use, not held frozen. Fully-thawed reduced oxygen bag containing raw salmon on shelf inside walk-in cooler. Manager stated the fish is vacuum sealed while frozen on-site.
Popeyes
3100 SW College Rd Vc04c, Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 24
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
4 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Reach in cooler near front counter, Cold holding: slaw 46F and 47F, dessert 46F, cut lettuce 71F, cheese 47F all items are overnight products, last ambient temperature recorded at 10:00AM. **Warning**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach in cooler near front counter, Cold holding: slaw 46F and 47F, dessert 46F, cut lettuce 71F, cheese 47F all items are overnight products, last ambient temperature recorded at 10:00AM. **Warning**
Say Taco
10 NE 1st St., Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 24
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
25 total violations, with 7 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Female employee in kitchen touched hat, shook hands then continued to pick up bags of meat without washing hands.
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. Two live flies at front bar.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In drawer unit on cook line: opened bag of raw ground sausage stored on top of raw bacon. Manager discarded bacon. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooked onions and peppers 70F on cook line. Made more than four hours ago. Stop sale issued. In hot box in main kitchen area: rice 101- 119. Chicken 109-120. Items in unit more than 4 hours, stop sale issued. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked onions and peppers 70F on cook line. Made more than four hours ago. Stop sale issued.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Roasted corn 36-72F placed in hot box two hours prior to reheat. Food is in a plastic container with lid closed
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In hot box in main kitchen area: rice 101- 119. Chicken 109-120. Items in unit more than 4 hours, stop sale issued. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Shuckin Shack
4414 SW College Rd Ste 600, Ocala
Routine Inspection on Aug. 27
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
13 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Reach in cooler on cook line, spinach sauce date marked 7/24/26, crab salad 8/12/26, lobster 8/19/26, Alfredo sauce 8/19/26, grill gravy 8/13/26. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Female employee working with food, moved trash can and continued working with with food, Manager instructed to stop and wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach in cooler next to fryers, raw shrimp 47F, manager moved to freezer, temperature dropped to 36F. **Corrected On-Site**
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
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What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."
An emergency order when a restaurant is closed by the inspector is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
This article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: 16 Marion County restaurants cited for high-priority violations
